The Linda Hall Library is now accepting applications for our 2026-27 fellowship program. These
fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s
outstanding science and engineering collections. Fellows also participate in a dynamic
intellectual community alongside in-house experts and scholars from other Kansas City cultural
and educational institutions.

The Linda Hall Library holds nearly half a million monographs and more than 43,000 journal
titles documenting the history of science and technology from the 15th century to the present. Its
collections are exceptionally strong in the engineering disciplines, chemistry, and physics. In
addition, the Library boasts extensive resources related to natural history, astronomy, earth
science, environmental studies, aeronautics, life science, infrastructure studies, mathematics, and the history of the book.

The Library offers residential fellowships to support on-site research in Kansas City, as well
as virtual fellowships for scholars working remotely using resources from the Library’s digital
collections. Applicants may request up to four months of funding at a rate of $3,000 per month
for doctoral students and $4,200 per month for postdoctoral researchers.
The Library is also offering several fellowships intended for specific groups of researchers:

• The History of Science and Medicine Fellowship, offered in partnership with
  the Clendening History of Medicine Library at the University of Kansas Medical Center,
  provides one month of residential funding ($3,000 per month) to a doctoral student whose
  research examines the intersecting histories of science and medicine.
• The Pearson Fellowship in Aerospace History provides up to two months of residential
  funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar studying the history of aviation or
  spaceflight.

• The Presidential Fellowship in Bibliography provides up to four months of residential
  funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar whose research focuses on the study
  of books and manuscripts as physical artifacts.
  The Linda Hall Library is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive research environment
  and encourages members of any groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in
  academia to apply for fellowship support.
  
• Please share this announcement with graduate students, colleagues, or anyone else who might be interested in the Linda Hall Library’s fellowship program. All application materials are due no
  later than January 19, 2026. For further information, visit the Fellowships page on our website or
  e-mail [email protected].